[02:28] http://ubuntu-nz.org/ doesn't seem like the most useful url to have in the title [02:28] snail: slow day? [02:28] oh fun [02:28] * ajmitch should find out how to fix that [02:28] something like that [02:29] :) [02:29] it seems to pretty well summarise us I think [02:30] apparently we have a contract linux admin starting up here shortly anyone know who it is? [02:30] 'here' being? [02:30] I thought that had already been linked to the wiki page [02:30] ibeardslee: used to be [02:30] * ojwb wonders why it seemed a good idea to rename the text boot config on the CD from text.cfg to txt.cfg between lucid and natty [02:31] I guess that extra character can be put to better use somewhere [02:31] txt spek? [02:31] following the fine traditions of UNIX? [02:31] ajmitch: randomly renaming stuff? [02:32] ajmitch: 'here' being Victoria University of Wellington [02:32] ojwb: a strong aversion to vowels [02:34] for april 1 we should do a distro where all executable files' names are mime-style base64 encoded [02:35] or would anyone notice? [02:35] heh [02:37] ajmitch: I'm reminded of that Ken Thompson quote: http://books.google.com/books?id=poFQAAAAMAAJ&q=%22spell+creat+with+an+e%22&dq=%22spell+creat+with+an+e%22 [02:37] snail: one time in Catalyst people changed their nicks to be the first 8 chars of their GPG key ... it was quite painful trying to figure out who was who [02:37] snail: http://she.geek.nz/archives/394-more-crazy-times-in-catalyst.html [02:40] who doesn't know their GPG ID? [02:40] 3bad2b07 [02:44] 3bad!!! [02:44] hmm, I need to copy it from my old computer to this one [02:46] I have my business card taped to my monitor [02:46] because you can't remember your name or who you work for? [02:48] .. .. .. .. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 .. 2 1 0 .. for my gpg id [02:49] you only need to know the last 8 characters [02:52] maybe I should use it as my password for a while .. help me remember [02:54] a rather public password [02:55] only if you know it is being used as a password [02:55] err [02:56] noone would ever know... [02:58] well .. hopefully I would [03:00] just make sure not to mention the idea in a public forum [03:00] especially not one which is logged [03:01] should be all good if I delete my logs right? [03:02] hmm, I think our fuse box just went clunk and is now buzzing [03:02] probably an enormous bee flew into it [03:10] heh, this conversation is too much [03:10] best fun I've had on a Thursday afternoon ... since like 4 EVA [03:10] :) [03:10] that's a bit of a worry [03:13] i phoned the electricity company but I'm not the account holder [03:13] * ojwb sighs [03:15] that sucks [03:16] yeah, though I understand [03:16] at least fault reports skip the hold queue [03:17] jenny's rung and they'll send someone round in 4-6 hours [03:17] so I guess that's decided about python UG for me [03:25] there was a powercut in wellington a few weeks ago that effected the uni. a unit had a shiny new building with a shiny new generator to keep the wheels rolling if the power should go off. the generator supplied ~500 volts for the first 5 seconds. some of the gear didn't like that. [03:26] on the plus side, they're all getting shiny new computers now... [03:26] ;D [03:26] heh [03:31] no UPS? [03:31] which reminds me, are power spikes, etc a big problem in NZ? [03:32] i've notice in the electrical retailers they push surge filters quite hard [03:33] but I've also noticed the prices they charge for them are silly, so I wonder if that's just because they can make more on those than on the actual equipment [03:34] they do that because they can also sell extended warranties that are only valid if they have a surge protector [03:35] I think the power grid is fairly stable, but I've only lived down south, not in those dodgy areas like wellington [03:38] I've twice lost equipment to lightning strikes in wellington residential/domestic buildings; in both cases the strikes were within 100 m of the equipment [03:39] * ojwb makes a note not to move near snail [03:39] In hamilton I had a run of powercuts caused by boy-racers hitting power poles / transformers, but none of those fried hardware [03:40] heh [03:41] * ibeardslee is more than 100m away [03:49] Does someone have recommendations of surge filters ? [03:50] snail: there's probably a poster of you up in every store with "do not sell surge filters to this man" underneath [03:58] ojwb: i can think of worse things to be written under my photo. [04:00] Wanted! [04:00] for one [04:04] better than "Not Wanted" [04:07] "wanted dead or alive" with the second half scratched out [19:33] morning [19:45] right xfce it is then [20:11] morning [20:18] morning [21:02] Mornin [21:28] morning [21:45] http://digitizor.com/2011/08/04/linus-torvalds-ditches-gnome-for-xfce/ [21:46] love the comment about not using unity [21:46] in the comments, not the article [21:47] not surprising really .. he should just switch to XMonad :) [22:16] he's a long way from the target audience of gnome, and getting further away by the day [22:19] morning [22:19] at least it's a friday morning [23:09] morning [23:53] oh, very funny natty [23:53] apt-get remove 'gnome-.*' [23:53] and it tries to install kde [23:59] ojwb: is that to get a xfce desktop or somesuch?